Byrd H Lange
Military
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Byrd H. Lange, 93rd Bomb Group
Charles D Taylor collection
"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 26 "Biographies", by Charles D Taylor.
Byrd enlisted July 15 1942 and trained in radio and aircraft maintenance. He was sent overseas and joined the Group at Hardwick 'from 10 at night until 2 o'clock in the morning we would check out all the radios...when the planes returned from a mission we would be waiting to check them out again...'. He afterwards worked for Northwestern Bell Telephone for 31 years.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Des Moines, Iowa |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / roster